Trivia

“If your cat seems angry with you,” says a vet with a fair following of feline fanciers, “most likely that cat is ill.”

The “stable” in “constable” suggests the first constables had something to do with stables. Quite so. The original constable was a stable boy. The “mar” in “marshal” suggests the first marshals had something to do with mares. Quite so. The original marshals likewise tended horses.

Am told the dopesters can make crack in a microwave oven in 10 seconds.

Q. Two of our presidents had killed men not in time of war. Andrew Jackson, in a duel. Name the other.

A. Grover Cleveland. In his capacity as public executioner of murderers when he was a sheriff.

Q. Any reason why I can’t sink a golf putt from a prone position with a pool cue?

A. That has been against golf regulations since 1895 when a competitor tried it during the U.S. Amateur Championship at Newport, R.I. Officials immediately ruled against it.

Another word for “murderer” is “manqueller.”

The past tense of “methinks” is “methought.”